1897–98 National Association Foot Ball League season

The fourth season of the National Association Foot Ball League began on Saturday, October 30, 1897 after eight major teams New York City and in New Jersey had "sunk all their differences" and agreed to put the NAFBL on a firm financial basis. Among the new features was that the matches would be scheduled "so that teams which cannot play on Saturdays will be allowed to play on Sundays, and vice-versa."[1] The original lineup featured the New Jersey teams of Americus A.A. (West Hoboken); Centreville A.C. (Bayonne); the Scottish-Americans of Newark; the Kearny Scots of the Newark suburb of Kearny, New Jersey; the True Blues and the Crescents (both of Paterson); and Arlington A.A., with the Brooklyn Wanderers as the New York team.

A schedule was released on October 23, with the first weeks games featuring the Paterson Crescents visiting the Kearny Scots and Arlington at the Paterson True Blues on Saturday. Americus visited Centreville at Bayonne and Brooklyn visited the Scottish Americans at Newark on Sunday.

League standings

PositionTeamPtsPldWLT
1Paterson True Blues23131111
2Kearny Scots22141022
3Kearny Arlington1815852
4Bayonne Centerville1713841
5Kearny AC1313661
6Brooklyn Wanderers1214680
7Paterson Crescent4132110

See also

References

  1. "On the Football Field", New York Sun, October 20, 1897, p4
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